Dialogue with Trypho 27.2 · Sophia Scriptura

Summary: The prophets repeat Moses' commands because of Israel's hardness of heart.

Greek text · Archambault 1:118–120

Κἀγώ· Οὐκ ὡς ἐναντιουμένων μοι τῶν τοιούτων προφητειῶν, ὦ φίλοι, παρέλιπον αὐτάς, ἀλλὰ ὡς ὑμῶν νενοηκότων καὶ νοούντων ὅτι, κἂν διὰ πάντων τῶν προφητῶν κελεύῃ ὑμῖν τὰ αὐτὰ ποιεῖν ἃ καὶ διὰ Μωσέως ἐκέλευσε, διὰ τὸ σκληροκάρδιον ὑμῶν καὶ ἀχάριστον εἰς αὐτὸν ἀεὶ τὰ αὐτὰ βοᾷ, ἵνα κἂν οὕτως ποτὲ μετανοήσαντες εὐαρεστῆτε αὐτῷ, καὶ μήτε τὰ τέκνα ὑμῶν τοῖς δαιμονίοις θύητε, μήτε ἦτε κοινωνοὶ κλεπτῶν καὶ φιλοῦντες δῶρα καὶ διώκοντες ἀνταπόδομα, ὀρφανοῖς οὐ κρίνοντες καὶ κρίσει χήρας οὐ προσέχοντες, ἀλλʼ οὐδὲ πλήρεις τὰς χεῖρας αἵματος.

English · Claude translation

And I said, “I did not pass over such prophecies, friends, as though they were against me, but because you have understood and do understand that, even if he commands you through all the prophets to do the same things he commanded through Moses, he is always crying the same things because of your hardness of heart and ingratitude toward him, so that even so you may some day repent and please him, and neither sacrifice your children to demons, nor be companions of thieves, loving gifts and pursuing rewards, not judging for the orphan nor attending to the cause of the widow, nor having your hands full of blood.

About this passage

Source

Archambault 1:118–120 · Georges Archambault, ed., Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon, 2 vols., Textes et documents pour l'étude historique du christianisme 8, 11 (Paris: Picard, 1909) · Greek text: G. Archambault, Justin: Dialogue avec Tryphon (Paris, 1909), digitized by the Perseus Digital Library and published by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0

Translation

Claude translation (claude-opus-5-5), 2026-09-26 · Translated by Claude from the Greek text of Archambault (1909); made independently of existing English translations.

Scripture

Ps 106:37 (105:37 LXX) · allusion, medium confidence
Isa 1:23 · quotation, high confidence
Isa 1:15 · allusion, high confidence

Cite this passage

Justin, Dial. 27.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/27/2/).

Plain text

Justin, Dial. 27.2 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/27/2/).